Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-06-24
DRUMS RECOMMENDATION.


DRUMS RECOMMENDATION.
In the Hurry Of Departure from the
Capitol II Wac Approved.
WASHINGTON, June 1.-THE official
record of the presentation of the bat
tle-fag proposition to the President
consists of the following letter from
Adjutant- General Dyum and it's en-
dorsement by Secretary Endicott:
| To Hon. VIM. C. Endicett, Secretary
OF War-Sir: have the honor to state
that there are now in this Office flags
captured in action but retaken on the
fall of the confederacy and forwarded
to the war department for safe keeping,
together with a number of confederate
flags which the fortune Of war placed
in our hands during the late civil war.
While in the past favorable action has
always been taken on any application
properly supported for the return of
Union flags to the organizations repre-
1 senting the survivors of the military
regiments in the service of the
government, beg to submit that it
would be graceful act to anticipate
future requests Of this nature, and
venture TO suggest the return of all
the flags, Union and confederate, to
the authorities of the respective States
in which the regiments having those
colors were organized for such final
disposition as they may determine.
While in all the civilized nations of
the old world trophies taken in war
against foreign enemies have. been
carefully preserved, and exhibited as
proud mementoes of the nations mill
tary glories, wise and obvious reasons
have always excepted from this rule
evidences of past internecine troubles,
which, by appeals. to the arbitration of
the sword, have disturbed the peace
full march of q people to its destiny.
Over twenty years have elapsed since
the termination of the late civil war.
Many prominent leaders, civil and
military, of the late Confederate States
are now honored representative of the
people in the national councils or in
other prominent positions. They lend
the aid of their talents to the wise ad-
ministration of affairs, upon which the
country and the people of the several
States composing the Union are now,
united, treading broader road to a
glorious future. Impressed with these
facts. l have the honor to submit the
suggestion have made in this letter
for the careful consideration it will re-
ceive at your hands.
Very truly yours,
D. C. DRUM,
Adjutant-General.
The endorsement upon this letter
by the Secretary is as follows:
"WAR DEPARTMENT, May 20.
The within recommendation is ap-
proved by the President, and the Ad-
jutant-General will prepare letters to
the Governors of those States whose
troops carried their colors and flags
now in this department, with an offer
to return them as herein proposed.
The history of each flag is to be given.
[Signed] WM. C. ENDrcoTT,
Secretary of War;" ~
A Split In the Csanissisn.
WASHINGTON, June 15-It is stated
to-day that Messrs. Cooley and Morri-
son, of the interstate commission, fav-
or the enforcement of the law in its
entirety, while the other three MEM
bers believe that SO far as the southern
routes are concerned, the fourth clause
ought to be permanently suspended.
1t is believed that decision will he
reached by July 5th, and this deter
mination will favor, 80 far as the south
ern and few northern roads are con-
cerned, the permanent suspension of
the clause.
Deputy Csllsetsr Blake.
CHICAGO, June 20.-A. L. Blake,
late Collector of Customs at Port
Townsend, w. T., died at the county
hospital Sunday morning. Mr.. Blake,
it will be remembered, was ON his way
to Washington to prefer charges
against Collector of Customs Beecher,
when he WAS suddenly taken i'll, but
was at first reported insane. He burst
blood vessel in his brain, from which
he died as above stated. The remains
will be taken to San Francisco for in
terment there.
Blake was an old man. He had
been dismissed from government service
on account of his incapacity to proper
ly perform his duties. Feeling that he
had been injustly dealt with he started
for Washington to enter complaint
against Mr.. Beecher. The above tells
the story of his efforts.
THE EFFECT OF HEAT ON METAL.-
Everybody, observes one of our con-
temporaries, who has used the Brook
lyn bridge, must have noticed the
overlapping slides at the middle of
each span, that allow the structure to
grow short or long, as the weather
grows cold or hot, and the marks
thereon that indicate q distance of
several feet between the extremes of
contraction and expansion. Yet few
suspect that the bridge contracts or
expands sideways from the heat Of the
sun, though the degree is so small as
to be almost imperceptible, and not
nearly so great as if the bridge ran
north and south. The same phen-
omenon has been noticed of late in
structures of stone and iron. The
Washington monument leans to the
east in the morning and to the west
in the afternoon. A plummet line
suspended in the interior of the done
of the capital at Washington was
found by actual measurement to
swing over space of Al inches, max
ing a total dip from the perpen-
dicular of 8 inches. This movement
| involves the entire dome. A learned